Archived State Dept. plans 9% cut of diplomats, civil servants... (bloomberg.com)
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Archived State Dept. plans 9% cut of diplomats, civil servants... (bloomberg.com)
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'A draft budget outline released in March for the year that begins Oct. 1 seeks a 28.5 percent reduction in State Department spending from fiscal 2016. '
'The proposed cuts reflect a belief shared by many conservatives that the State Department and other government agencies have grown too large and drifted away from their core missions. '
'Tillerson will address staff next week to mark the first 90 days since he came into office to tell them his vision for the department, Hammond said. '
'William Inglee, a former Lockheed Martin Corp. official and policy adviser in Congress, was hired to help oversee the budget cuts and briefed senior managers on the plan Wednesday, the people said. '
'The State Department plans to cut 2,300 U.S. diplomats and civil servants -- about 9 percent of the Americans in its workforce worldwide -- as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson presses ahead with his task of slashing the agency’s budget, according to people familiar with the matter. '
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